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Meaning of the biter bit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A hurt person who has hurt others in the past.

British

Equivalents

Français arroseur arrosé tel est pris qui croyait prendre
Kurdî dran
Polski drań

Examples

“In a case of “the biter, bit”, ex-News of the World journalist, Andrea Vance, had her emails accessed and her movements tracked by the civil service.”
“There was a bit of a Twitter storm recently after a bordeaux producer suggested that half the wine critics who rated the en primeur releases didn’t know their fundaments from their elbows. Well, fair enough, the biter bit and all that – chefs often have a go at restaurant critics, too.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

the boat the bogs the bomb The Boot The Bottom the box they're going to bury it in

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